Defining the neural basis of appetite and obesity: From genes to behaviour

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 286-289

  Farooqi, I Sadaf ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appetite; Genetics; Hypothalamus; Leptin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN;

APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN REGION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; OBESITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

APPETITE; GENETICS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; OBESITY;

APPETITE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; OBESITY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84902212919     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-3-286     Document Type: Article

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